I found an old laptop of mine today, and stumbled across some draft links i had saved for whatever reason. Either way it is very interesting because without the link I have found no way to actually find the sites other wise. Upon finding these links I figured I would share as a sort of hindsite 20-20 type thing and a look at some players and how they predicted them.

** They had it right when they gave him credit for his patience and ability to set up blocks and see the field. But said he lacked big play ability, lacked ability to run outside, and most of all said he lacked burst and speed to break long runs.

** Cant Argue with this one, pretty much summed it up perfectly: Has all the talent in the world, but the injury makes him a HUGE risk... just turns out he was able to bounce back and display some of that skill he had before the injury for over 10 years in the NFL

Originally Posted by JoeJoeBrown
The most important thing, however, is how strong their swagger factors are.
Newton
South of the Mason Dixon +10 swagger
Barely literate +5 swagger
Thief +15 swagger
Kicked off of a team of thugs +20 swagger
Big, average speed -3 swagger
Hasn't done jacksquat on the field +15 swagger
Total Swagger: 62ATL College Park Zone 3* +20 swagger Bonus pts

All Wilson was awesome. Too bad he had to hang it up kind of early because of a neck injury I think it was.

Yeah it was on a routine play against Seattle. I think a swing pass he came up and made the stop, not a vicous hit or anything and next you know he isnt moving and all the players could tell it was serious and started yelling to get the trainers over.

Also reading about the drop off at MLB in his report, he ended up being a far more superior player than the "Big 2"

And, in the best of the rest, the QB's they had were Kurt Kittner of Illinois, David Neill of Nevada (never heard of him), and Jason Thomas of UNLV (A guy who would be hyped, but never lived up to it. He may have been the Logan Thomas of 2002).

Wow. Looking at 98 draft QBs list, are those ranked in order of who they thought was the best? If so wow. Not only is Manning behind Leaf, but all the QBs they have ahead of Hasselbeck is funny looking back. Mike McQueary is ahead of Hasselbeck.

Thanks for posting these. I'm having fun going back and looking at what guys wrote. This one is great, here's what SI's Dr. Z had to say about his top five WRs in the 98 draft.

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Note: If you're looking for Marshall's all-world Randy Moss, you won't find him in this list, even if it went 20 deep. Will get downfield in a hurry if they give him room, but he'll get buried by NFL-style bump and run.

ugh, i never wanted to remember deltha o'neal ever again. what a garbage cornerback. if i had to pick between him and alphonso smith, i'd choose ODing on heroin.

I agree. The Broncos moved O'Neal to WR in 2003 for a time because he sucked so bad. I would have rather taken Ron Dayne that year instead of him, although ultimately, we should have drafted Julian Peterson or John Abraham that year.

What's funny is that, in that 2003 mock that they had in the 2002 section, they had Roy Williams coming out a year early and being taken ahead of both Rogers and Andre Johnson. They also said that his nickname at Texas was "Legend".

ugh, i never wanted to remember deltha o'neal ever again. what a garbage cornerback. if i had to pick between him and alphonso smith, i'd choose ODing on heroin.

HAHHA yeah both were terrible picks...BUT O'neal atleast provided a threat in the return game... but him playing his actual position was a nightmare, and i dont care how good you are you dont draft a return man in the 1st round.

About a year ago, Eliot Wolf (Packers Director of Pro Personnel) tweeted "I'd still rather have Charles Rogers than Andre Johnson."

lol that is pretty classic.

Rogers/Andre is pretty similar to AJ/Julio. When those two were coming out, majority were for Rogers with very few liking Andre more. Rogers was considered the polished WR that would come in day 1 and make an impact while Andre was questioned as relying on his athleticism and build to get by so he possibly wasn't capable of being a #1.

Same thing with AJ/Julio where Julio's big question mark was if he could truly run routes and just not depend on his athleticism/build. (I know some people questioned if AJ could break off DBs with his size in the NFL)

In both cases I liked the "accomplished WR" and in both cases the "athletic/potential" WR's have worked out pretty damn good so far.

I still think Rogers was a #1 WR that had bad luck in terms of injury combined with stupidity off the field.

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Fear the Spear - Winston Era has begun....

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"I wasn't going to lose to Miami, no matter what," Freeman said. "It means a lot to go out there and beat them. Every time I get a chance, I want to destroy them."

Not necessarily directed at anyone in this thread, but I've noticed that a lot of people on this forum have already started the "Oh, I knew Charles Rogers was going to bust" crap like he wouldn't have stuck in the NFL. Watching him for those five starts in his rookie season, you could tell he was going to be good....well, as good as one can be with Joey Harrington doing the passing.

It's a shame that so few people are honest about who they liked and didn't like coming out.